Book 2 • Week 10 • Level A • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 10 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL A • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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1 Spelling Practice: Read each word aloud, observe the phonogram patterns, and write neatly twice.

Simple Onset <ay> Words 1–5

1. day

2. may

3. pay

4. lay

5. way

Blends, Schwa & <say> Words 6–10

6. away

7. gray

8. play

9. stay

10. say

Irregulars & Sight Words Words 11–15

11. said

12. were

13. here

14. there

15. these

2 Phonic & Structural Sorting: Sort the 15 spelling words into the four orthographic categories below.

Simple Onset <ay> (5 words)

Blends & Schwa <ay> (4 words)

Verb Pair <say/said> (2 words)

Sight & Demonstratives (4 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Choose the correct homophone (hear / here or their / there / they're) for each sentence.

Homophone Keys: hear (listen) • here (this place) • their (possessive) • there (that place) • they're (they are)

a. Please come over so we can read the exciting story together.

b. The excited puppies wagged bushy tails when they saw the children.

c. Look over under the shady tree to find your lost soccer ball!

d. Did you the loud clap of thunder during the afternoon rain?

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 10

Rule 1 • /ā/ Spelled <ay>

/ā/ spelled ay that we may use at the end of English words (day, may, pay, play, stay).

Rule 2 • Schwa Sound /ə/

In unaccented syllables, a vowel often reduces to schwa /ə/, like a soft /ŭ/ (a•way).

Rule 3 & [Deb] 4 • Alternate Spellings for /ā/

[Deb] /ā/ can be a, a-e, ai, ay, ea, ei, ey; irregular past said uses ai saying short /ɛ/.

Rule 5 • Sight Words & Demonstratives

Irregular sight words: were (past verb); these (voiced th + silent e); spatial here, there.